Talk:Violet ray

Added public domain (pre-1923, US) photo of Virex manual cover
Added public domain (pre-1923, US) photo of Virex manual cover Violetwanda (talk) 02:01, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

Undid a change
06/16/2011 Undid a change that was unnecessarily limiting and narrowed the scope of a definition without reference or citation. The new reference to some related modern devices called them BDSM electroplay toys. Changed this back to the broader category of sexual stimulation toys, as their stimulative use is not limited to pain or only to users involved in BDSM.

Violet wand devices are still widely used in science and in neon sign manufacture, sold in the USA as "Vacuum leak detectors" made by Electro Technic Products, sold by Fisher Sci. and. In chemistry we use them to detect pinhole leaks in vaccum system glassware, our department (U of Wash. Chem) has about ten of these. They're a convenient source of AC high voltage for glow-discharge power supplies (yale.edu PDF)  The common brown bakelite  unit enscribed "BD-10" is actually a copy of late 1930s "Violetta" violet-ray product of Bleadon-Dun company. 208.38.199.57 (talk) 00:52, 18 January 2015 (UTC)

Electrotherapy
Far from electrotherapy being obsolete as the article states, it is very much still used. Diathermy is curent technology, and as I understand it Violet Ray machines are an old form of diathermy classed as long wave diathermy. 86.10.62.169 (talk) 23:20, 25 March 2016 (UTC)

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Now trending in Europe.
It looks like a company in Europe is marketing a violet ray device for skin and periodontal treatments.

https://www.henryschein-dental.de/~/media/DE/Praxis/Praxisausstattung/Laser/Plasma%20One/plasmaONE_Manual_DE_EN.ashx?hssc=4

I think while many of the vintage devices are rather rudimentary the more contemporary units sold to cosmetologists and this new device for dentists may have some value beyond quack medicine. It seems a shame to dismiss them out of hand because of danger and poor quality of historical units.

Idyllic press (talk) 18:10, 25 August 2019 (UTC)

Law suit explainations
Why did the law suits happen? It doesn't say. What were the charges against violet ray machines? 75.174.93.59 (talk) 19:49, 17 August 2020 (UTC).

Potential and proved benefits/harms of the treatment
The article requires a section providing information and references as to efficacy/lack of efficacy or proof of efficacy of the device as well as the possible harmful effects of the procedure. 02 January 2023 14:00 UTC.